by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
Victor’s team had recently delivered a couple of large projects, and he was pleased with their performance. But there was feedback that they were feeling burned out, and two people had recently requested transfers. When I suggested creating a Team Charter, he...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Attitudes and Mindset, Personal Effectiveness |
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – This popular quote is attributed to Peter Drucker. But what does it really mean? Do you muscle your way into the future, constructing your life as though it’s a project? If you try to do...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | High Performing Organizations, Leadership |
As more organizations are becoming flatter, the looming question is whether it’s possible to “do more with less” or whether it’s necessary to rethink the distribution of power and control as described by Peter Drucker, Peter Block and Gary Hamel among others. Emergent...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness |
What can you do as a team member to help your team achieve The 6 Benchmarks of High Performance Teams? There are 12 team behaviors that directly affect the quality of your team’s results, the ability to make smart decisions and the commitment to implement them....
by Karin Hurt | Guest Post |
“Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.” –Colin Powell One of hardest tasks in management is how to give your boss bad news. After all, you want to show you’ve got everything under control, are making the right decisions, and are executing flawlessly. As...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
There’s a good reason leadership quotes are popular. A few lines can pack a lot of information that teach and inspire. In A Tweet, a Blog Post, and a Profound Teaching I shared quotes from my own writing. These are the top leadership quotes by others. (If I...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
What’s your view of leadership? If you’re like most people, you have an underlying belief that leaders should be out in front of the line, leading the way. The Hierarchical View of Leadership In the traditional, hierarchical view, senior leaders are at the...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Team Effectiveness, Vision and Strategy |
Does your team share a real vision? Is it being lived? Does it make a difference? Answer these 10 questions to find out how effective your vision is. Get a reality check. Ask everyone on your team to rate the vision and discuss your answers. It’s a...
by Rebel Brown | Guest Post |
Guest Post by Rebel Brown Whether you’re a small business owner or an executive of a large corporation, you are leading humans and their minds. The two are inseparable. Did you know that the words man and mind come from the same Sanskrit root? The sum of our...